Description:

Charles Dutoit leads the first of three major choral-orchestral works by Hector Berlioz to be performed during the 2008-09 Philadelphia Orchestra season. Utterly intrigued by the powerful tragedy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the French Berlioz yearned to recreate its core elements in music. Picking and choosing only the most dramatic scenes and emotional highpoints, he painted a masterful, moving musical canvass filled with passion, potency, and intense longing. For soloists, chorus, and orchestra--and sung in French with projected English supertitles.

Sponsored by Electronic Ink

Related Concerts:

• September 30, 2008
  Milanov Conducts
• October 18, 2008
  Berlioz's Romeo And Juliet
• October 21, 2008
  Berlioz's Romeo And Juliet
• November 01, 2008
  Conlon Conducts Beethoven
• November 08, 2008
  Tilson Thomas Conducts Mahler
• November 09, 2008
  Tilson Thomas Conducts Mahler

Concert Enhancements:

Free Pre-Concert Conversation one hour prior to concert

Program Notes:

October 17, 2008 Download Adobe Acrobat to view Program Notes.

Series Information:

Part of the Celebration Collection, and package Friday Evening 6B

Part of the Weekday Collection, and package Friday Evening 6B